Managing tone clamping in a network

Abstract

A method and apparatus to manage tone clamping are described wherein atone is clamped using a buffer with a first size and the performance of the clamping is analyzed. The buffer is set to a second size in accordance with the analysis. The clamping comprises receiving audio information, storing the audio information in the buffer, detecting tone information in the audio information, and removing the tone information from the audio information. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

1. A method to manage tone clamping, comprising:
 clamping a tone using a buffer with a first size; 
 analyzing performance of said clamping; and 
 setting said buffer to a second size in accordance with said analysis; 
 wherein said clamping comprises:
 receiving audio information; 
 storing said audio information in said buffer; 
 detecting tone information in said audio information; and 
 removing said tone information from said audio information. 
 
 
   
   
     2. The method of  claim 1 , wherein said second size is smaller than said first size. 
   
   
     3. The method of  claim 1 , wherein said second size is larger than said first size. 
   
   
     4. The method of  claim 1 , wherein said analyzing comprises:
 defining at least one parameter associated with said buffer; 
 measuring said at least one parameter; and 
 comparing said measurement with a predetermined value. 
 
   
   
     5. The method of  claim 4 , wherein said one parameter represents an amount of buffer used to store said audio information prior to said detection. 
   
   
     6. The method of  claim 5 , wherein said predetermined value represents a previous amount of buffer used to store audio information prior to detection. 
   
   
     7. The method of  claim 4 , wherein said one parameter represents a time for tone detection. 
   
   
     8. The method of  claim 7 , further comprising:
 searching a table using said time for tone detection; and 
 retrieving said second buffer size associated with said time for tone detection from said table. 
 
   
   
     9. An article comprising:
 a computer readable storage medium; 
 said computer readable storage medium including stored executable program instructions that, when executed by a processor, result in managing tone clamping by clamping a tone using a buffer with a first size, analyzing performance of said clamping, and setting said buffer to a second size in accordance with said analysis, said clamping comprising receiving audio information, storing said audio information in said buffer, detecting tone information in said audio information, and removing said tone information from said audio information. 
 
   
   
     10. The article of  claim 9 , wherein the stored executable program instructions, when executed by a processor, further result in said analyzing by defining at least one parameter associated with said buffer, measuring said at least one parameter, and comparing said measurement with a predetermined value. 
   
   
     11. A system, comprising:
 a computing platform adapted to manage tone clamping; 
 said platform being further adapted to clamping a tone using a buffer with a first size, analyzing performance of said clamping, and setting said buffer to a second size in accordance with said analysis, said clamping comprising receiving audio information, storing said audio information in said buffer, detecting tone information in said audio information, and removing said tone information from said audio information. 
 
   
   
     12. The system of  claim 11 , wherein said platform is further adapted to performing said analyzing by defining at least one parameter associated with said buffer, measuring said at least one parameter, and comparing said measurement with a predetermined value. 
   
   
     13. A tone clamping apparatus, comprising:
 a buffer having a first size to store audio information; 
 a tone detector to detect tone information in said audio information; 
 a tone damper to remove tone information from said audio information; and 
 a Detection Analysis and Clamping Control (DACC) module to analyze said tone detector and buffer, and to modify said first size to a second size in accordance with said analysis. 
 
   
   
     14. The tone clamping apparatus of  claim 13 , wherein said DACC module monitors buffer usage prior to tone detection by said tone detector, and determines said second size in accordance with said buffer usage. 
   
   
     15. The tone clamping apparatus of  claim 13 , wherein said DACC module monitors a time for tone detection by said tone detector, and determines said second size in accordance with said time.